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Kolkata To Get India's First Set Of Buses Running On BiogasBy : sustainabilityo..., Jan 5, 2017
Kolkata is all set to roll out eco-friendly buses running on biogas as fuel. As many as 12 buses running on biogas will start plying on 12 routes in the city from March, Hindustan Times has... Read more.. |
Allahabad police lines to run on solar powerBy : sustainabilityo..., Jan 4, 2017
The district's reserve police lines will run on solar power following state government nod to the 'Green Police Line' project of the city police. State government has already sanctioned Rs 1... Read more.. Subject Tags: solar power , sustainability |
Chennai faces acute water crisisBy : sustainabilityo..., Jan 4, 2017
Chennai is staring at a severe water crisis in the coming months following a 60 per cent deficit in the northeast monsoon. Water in the reservoirs may feed the city for a month or so, officials... Read more.. |
Saarc-level panel to mitigate climate change fallout on fisheriesBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 29, 2016
Fisheries scientists from South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries, who reviewed the remedial steps to be initiated to mitigate the impact of climate change on... Read more.. |
Haryana Government Makes Energy Conservation Building Code Implementation MandatoryBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 23, 2016
Haryana government has made implementation of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) mandatory in stakeholder departments and different organisations. ... Read more.. |
US help in development of India's smart cities to continue more with the new administrationBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 21, 2016
The new administration under President-elect Donald Trump will continue to engage with India on development of smart cities, a US government official told ET. ... Read more.. |
Dispose off your solid waste according to rules or pay Rs 10,000 fine: NGTBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 20, 2016
The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed that anybody who was caught disposing of garbage in a public space would be slapped with a fine of Rs 10,000. The tribunal further directed that... Read more.. |
Govt asks pollution watchdogs to get their instruments calibrated to maintain accuracyBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 20, 2016
Admitting that most of the pollution measuring and biomedical equipment are "not calibrated as per standards in the country which affects quality of the measured data", the Centre has asked... Read more.. |
China to install 110 GW solar power by 2020By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 20, 2016
China, the worlds top energy consumer, will install over 110 million kilowatts of solar power by 2020, official media reported today. ... Read more.. |
To encourage scientific disposal, South Delhi Municipal Corporation sets up 22 green waste management centresBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 19, 2016
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has commissioned 22 green waste management centres across different zones to make the entire area under its jurisdiction free from green waste. The... Read more.. Subject Tags: green waste management centres , sustainability , Urban Development , waste management |